A little side project I took on after the shower curtain…
I made a slipcover for our little sofa! Are you proud or what?! The sofa had originally been my younger brother’s when he had a little ‘ol bachelor pad. Well, he moved home and his sofa moved to my mom’s garage where it sat and sat for a couple of years. So, as happy as I was to get a free sofa… ew. I steam cleaned it with our Bissel, but the ick factor didn’t come out with the stains. So, I had these three red sheets layered on top of it and decided to turn them into a cover.
All I did was:
1. Draw pictures of the sofa. Mine were 3 pictures, one of the back, a top view, and a front view. If your first reaction to that is “draw… I CAN’T draw!” no worries. My drawing were literally a bunch of simple shapes (e.g. rectangle, for the back of the sofa).
2. Measure. Use a measuring tape (or tape measure…or yard stick….) and list all of the measurements on your drawings.
3. Adding an inch to each measurement (for sean allowance), draw the same shapes from your drawing to your fabric and cut them out. I seriously did this with a regular pencil on carpet. So, my shapes weren’t so pretty or perfect.
4. Lay shapes onto the sofa, wrong (the side you DON’T want to see when your done and it’s on the piece of furniture) side up. This is a good way to make sure you got your measurements right!
5. Using pins, pin the fabric together around the edge, leaving at least 1/2 inch of seam allowance all the way around. This helped me see where I was most likely going to have watch things carefully while sewing. Places like the ends of the arm rests were a bit tricky. Pinning the fabric together while it was laid on the couch also helped me make sure the fit was snug, but loose enough to take off and wash.
6. Take the cover off of the couch and sew together, taking out the pins as you go.
That’s how I did it. Obviously I’m no seamstress. This was like the third time ever using my sewing machine. I think it turned out good and it hasn’t fallen apart just yet. 
